Tales From a Not-So-Talented Pop Star book cover by Rachel Renee Russell

Tales From a Not-So-Talented Pop Star

Book 3 of Dork Diaries

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Book 3 of Dork Diaries. See all Dork Diaries books in order
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Last checked: September 24, 2026, against dorkdiaries.com
Place in the series
It is book 3 of the Dork Diaries series. (dorkdiaries.com; read November 6, 2026) Dork Diaries ... Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl ... Tales From a Not-So-Talented Pop Star
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Book 4 is Tales from a Not-so-Graceful Ice Princess. (dorkdiaries.com; read November 6, 2026) Tales From a Not-So-Talented Pop Star ... Tales from a Not-so-Graceful Ice Princess

What Tales From a Not-So-Talented Pop Star is about

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  • Nikki Maxwell is a scholarship student at an expensive private school, and her father is the school's exterminator. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) scholarship student Nikki Maxwell, whose father is the school exterminator
  • When she signs up for the talent show, her rival MacKenzie says she will tell the whole school about Nikki's situation. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026) enter the talent show at her expensive private school, her nemesis MacKenzie threatens to reveal

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  • Children's

Other books in Dork Diaries

16 books listed so far

  1. Book 1: Tales From a Not-So-Fabulous Life
  2. Book 2: Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl
  3. Book 4: Tales from a Not-so-Graceful Ice Princess
  4. Book 5: Tales from a Not-so-Smart Miss Know-it-All
  5. Book 6: Tales From a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker
  6. Book 7: Tales from a Not-So-Glam TV Star
  7. Book 8: Tales from a Not-So-Happily Ever After
  8. Book 9: Tales from a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen
  9. Book 10: Tales from a Not-So-Perfect Pet Sitter
  10. Book 11: Tales from a Not-So-Friendly Frenemy
  11. Book 12: Tales from a Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe
  12. Book 13: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday
  13. Book 14: Tales From a Not-So-Best Friend Forever
  14. Book 15: Tales from a Not-So-Posh Paris Adventure
  15. Book 16: Tales from a Not-So-Bratty Little Sister

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